@dgelessus

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person who computers. Casual disassembler of data formats. Standards and specifications enjoyer. Using Python for everything, even if it's a bad idea.

(really though, I'm just here to post silly puns)

^_^

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Show threaddgelessus22h ago
To be clear, I have nothing against scripting languages, even when used for core parts of the OS! I just wish that the world chose a scripting language that's somewhat adequate at its job. Maybe with some fancy features like detecting errors and not breaking arguments by default.
Show threaddgelessus22h ago
Jokes aside, I would genuinely be interested in seeing how realistic this is. I'm always disappointed that even though "the shell" is one of the jankiest languages out there, it's a load-bearing component of every Free™ OS, and that many people even consider this an actively good thing!
dgelessus22h ago

Has anyone tried building a Linux distro that doesn't rely on a Unix-style shell? At least not as a core system component that's required for startup, package management and such.

Call it "Shellack Linux" or something

dgelessus1d ago
why is it called "Power On with AC Attach" and not "systemd-boot socket activation"
dgelessus2d ago
Graham2d ago

One programming hill I will die on, regardless of what language I’m writing, is trailing commas.

It’s not only nice to not have to remember to add a comma when adding to a list or array, it makes git diffs a bit cleaner so you don’t end up with this bullshit…

dgelessus2d ago

was preparing to wipe a laptop last night, and it took a bit of restraint to not start the OS install right before the DST transition

(it's Linux, so it would've been fine probably, but still)

dgelessusMar 17

oh no, somebody got some YTP on the federal standard!

(... feeferal saasdard!)

dgelessusMar 16
"melancholy" but pronounced like "anchovy"
Show threaddgelessusMar 15
According to the Wayback Machine's history, the redirecting started some time between 2026-01-22 and 2026-03-01.
dgelessusMar 15

Did something happen to CiteSeerX? It seems that all URLs under https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/ and https://csxstatic.ist.psu.edu/ currently redirect to the Wayback Machine.

I can't find an official announcement about anything, or even anyone discussing it in any of the usual places...